COVID-19 lawsuits are filling the courthouses. This comes after a long line of other lawsuits over home sales, the ADA, employment law, car accidents, unpaid bills, and let’s not forget divorce. To protect adult children from losing generations of wealth, parents are leaving their inheritance to their children, in trust, with the adult child in […]
Home buyer’s remorse used to mean having some misgivings about the house purchase price paid and the monthly mortgage payments. Today, it can mean a lawsuit against the home seller. Sometimes, those lawsuits can be for hundreds of thousands of dollars. In most cases, insurance does not cover the loss or even the defense. For […]
In Colorado, a life insurance company cannot use suicide to avoid payment of a death benefit if the suicide occurs more than one year after the life insurance policy is in force.
Perhaps the most asked question in our office is, do I need a trust as part of my Colorado estate plan? The answer depends. There is no Colorado litmus test for who does or doesn’t need a trust. There are certain factors that influence the decision. Some clients specifically request an estate planning trust because […]